Daily Dialogue — May 24, 2019

Henry: I realize this doesn’t exactly get us off on the right foot.
Paul Bladden, New York Sentinel: The right foot, are you out of your mind? The offer is rescinded. How stupid do you think we are? What do you think I get when I put two and two together? Three? Three and a half?
Henry: Look, I’m trying to be reasonable here, and just let me…
Paul Bladden: Why don’t you just take my wallet as well?
Henry: Let me talk. Let me say something, wait a minute…
Paul Bladden: Well, I hope you’re satisfied, asshole! You just blew your chance to cover the world!
Henry: Really? Well, guess fucking what? I don’t really fucking care. You wanna know fucking why? Because I don’t fucking live in the fucking world! I live in fucking New York City! So go fuck yourself!

Henry slams down telephone back on the receiver.

Janet, Henry’s Secretary: You handled that well.
Henry: Thank you.

— The Paper (1994), written by David Koepp, Stephen Koepp

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Journalist. Today’s suggestion by @wvfilmmaker.

Trivia: Co-Screenwriter Stephen Koepp has experience in the world of journalism, as he is the editor-in-chief of TIME Magazine.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The life of a journalist is not for the faint of heart nor for those who might be unwilling to drop a few — or several — F bombs.